Whip socket and lock.



G. TURNEY.

WHIP SOCKET AND LOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18. 1909.

Patented Data 28,1909.

7044mm, msumcmu n c CHARLES TUBNEY, OF SURPRISE, NEBRASKA.

WHIP SOCKET AND LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

Application filed June 18, 1909. Serial No. 503,009.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES TURNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Surprise, in. the county of Sutler, State of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vhip Sockets and Locks;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to whip sockets and locks, and has for one of itsobjects to provide a simply constructed device whereby a whip may belooked to the socket to prevent its surreptitious removal.

ith this and other objects in view, the illvention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereafter shown and described and thenspecifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustrativeof the preferred embodiment-of the invention, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the improved device applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesame with the whip stock in section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 with the look and itssupporting arm detached.

The improved device may be applied to any of the various forms of whipsockets in common use, and it is not desired therefore to limit theinvention to any specific form of socket, but for the purpose ofillustration the improved device is shown applied to a conventional whipsocket, a portion of which is indicated at 10.

Surrounding the socket 10 intermediate its ends is a band 11 havinglaterally directed cars 12, and pivoted at 13 to the ears is a bar orshank 14 the upper end of the shank carrying a lock 15 of suitableconstruction. The band 11 will be located upon the socket 10 so thatwhen the arm 14 and its lock 15 are located in their upward position asshown in Fig. 1, the lock will lie closely upon the upper end of thesocket with its inner end spaced a short distance from the whip whenlocated in the socket, a portion of the whip stock being represented at16. The lock 15 is provided with a shackle formed in two parts 1718, themember 17 pivoted at 19 to the lock casing and the two members pivotedtogether at 20. The free end of the member 18 enters the lock casing andis adapted to be connected by the bolt of the lock, the latter not beingshown as it forms no part of the present invention. Rising from the lockcasing 15 is a stud 21 having a threaded transverse aperture to receivea threaded stud 22, the inner end of the stud being provided with aclamp plate, 23, the plate bearing against the whip stock 16, as shown.The plate 28 is designed to be adjusted to bear closely against the whipstock, and enables the improved device to be readily adapted to whipstocks of various s1z es.

The improved device may be applled without material structural changesto whip sockets and whip stocks of various sizes by adjusting the clamp11 and the plate Vhen the improved device is to be apphed to a socket,the band 11 with its arm let and lock 15 is located upon the socket andadjusted longitudinally thereon, so that when turned into its upperposition as shown in Fig. 1 the lock casing will bear closely upon theupper end of the socket. The shackle members 17-18 will be left in openposition and the threaded stud 22 adjusted by rotating the clamp member23 to bring the clamp plate against the whip stock when the shacklemembers are closed. Thus the device may be adjusted to fit whip stocksof various diameters, as will be obvious.

With a device thus constructed the whip may be firmly locked to thestock, and is removable only by releasing the shackle members 17 18 byoperating the key in the lock.

The improved device may be inexpensively manufactured, and will be foundvery con venient and useful for the purposes described.

The band 11 is preferably of split form, with outwardly directedterminals 2425 coupled by a bolt or other suitable fastening devices 26,this arrangement permitting the band to be adapted to sockets of varioussizes. XVhen a bolt is employed to secure the terminals 24E25, thethreaded end will be upset or riveted upon its nut, to prevent itssurreptitious removal.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a lock body having a shacklemember extending from one side, of a lug extending from said lock bodyand provided with a threaded aperture, a threaded stud operating throughsaid lug and provided with a clamp plate and operative over the spaceinelosed by the shackle, and a clamping means connected to said lockbody, said clamping means adapted to be coupled to a whip socket andsaid shackle adapted to inclose a whip socket with the clamp deviceadapted to be adjustably couclamp plate bearing against the same.

2. The combination with a lock body having a shackle member extendingfrom one side, of a lug extending from said lock body and provided witha threaded aperture, a threaded stud operating through said lug andprovided with a clamp plate and operative over the space inclosed by theshackle, a rigid arm extending from said body, and a clamp deviceswinging from said arm, said pled to a whip socket and said shackleadapted to inclose a whip stock with the clamp plate bearing against thesame, and the lock body bearing upon the whip socket.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES TURNEY. itnesses lV J. SWANSON, E. l. HORMEL.

